- Francis Jolley
Profile
I am Francis Jolley. Im 29 :(
I manage music in HMV, make crap films and strum the guitar badly.
Reviews:
Capital Sun - Forgotten Songs Single Review- The Birmingham quartet release their self-financed single ‘Forgotten Songs’ this month, produced by the Grammy nominated Chris Tsangarides. They will also be supporting The Enemy ...
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Tegan and Sara - Get Along Album Review- Still one of Canada’s best kept duos (at least on this side of the Atlantic) Tegan and her twin sister Sara release a live, stripped down concert. ‘Get Along’ features fifteen trac...
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Misty's Big Adventure - Family Amusement Album Review- Comedian Dave Gorman’s favourite group is not their only claim to fame Misty’s Big Adventure have been paving their own brand of comedic ska-pop around for several years now and ev...
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Weird Shapes - Blue Sky at Night Single Review- The Teesside collective have already gained respect by being played by the BBC Introducing and Q radio. They have honed their Sigur Ros/later day Radiohead textures into their debu...
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Simian Ghost - Lovelorn EP Review- Wow! Air have so much to answer for, their 80s synthetic groove as already influenced all of Paris and surrounding areas it’s now venturing north into Sweden and the trio Simian Gh...
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Cosmo Jarvis - She Doesn’t Mind Single Review- After receiving a wave of feedback from Twitter for his former single ‘Gay Pirates’ Cosmo Jarvis has still struggled to make a name for himself in many more areas of the media.‘She...
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Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lenses Alien Album Review- Cymbals Eat Guitars release their sophomore album as a signed band. A move away from the self-released ‘Why There Are Mountains’. They certainly don’t seem like a band who have sol...
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Ladytron - Gravity the Seducer Album Review- It’s almost bizarre how time flies, it’s over ten years since Ladytron plugged in their mini moogs and speak n spells for their debut album . They have since grown into a serious e...
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The Wolfmen - Married to the Eiffel Tower Album Review- The former Ants have stayed away from ‘Sir’ Adam’s comeback tour to release yet another issue in their Wolfmen project. Produced by Dandy Warhol’s Courtney Taylor Taylor ‘Married t...
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Biffy Clyro - Revolution Live at Wembley Album Review- Well the band do enjoy to milk the sagging teet of the ‘Only Revolutions’ cash cow. This is the third time they have released their top ten album. With the added boost from X facto...
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Alexander Price - Kitchen Sink Drama EP Review- Designer Alexander Price turns to high energy electro for the release of his new EP. Already receiving praise for his cover of The Pet Shop Boy’s ‘Rent’, Price sticks to the same f...
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Top Buzzer - Remission Single Review- The Channel Island three release their new single ‘Remission’, (still buzzing (sic) on the back of ‘The Hands up EP’) closely followed by their debut album ‘Outside Is a World’.Fus...
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Hanson - Shout It Out Album Review- So it’s been quite the time for 90s comebacks recently with Toploader, Right Said Fred and now the Hanson boys. Though they have never really been away, they have struggled to come...
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Fight Like Apes - The Body of Christ and the Legs of Tina Turner Album Review- Their second album proves that the double four have some of the best titles in rock n roll, but do the songs live up to the glorious names?Fight like Apes have always sounded how, ...
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Right Said Fred - Stop The World Album Review- It’s nearly twenty years since Right Said Fred brothers Richard and Fred Fairbrass went global with ‘I’m Too Sexy’ with sales of (amazingly) over 20 million, they are truly a Briti...
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colourmusic - My_Is Pink Album Review- ‘My_ is Pink’! It’s not every day a writer gets to start a review with such a statement, but thanks to 4 piece Colourmusic’s bizarrely titled debut album - what they are referring ...
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South Central - Society of the Spectacle Album Review- The Brighton pairing of Rob and Keith have finally released their debut album ‘Society of the Spectacle’, featuring Gary Numan (a joke a few years ago, but now a synth god again) a...
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Love Amongst Ruin - Alone Single Review- It would be quite frankly impossible to not mention that this is ex-Placebo drummer Steve Hewitt’s new project. Now nearly a year after their first live outing, they have a debut a...
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- The Feeling - Set My World on Fire Single Review
- ‘Set My world on Fire’ the BRIT award nominee’s comeback single was as all you cricket fans will know the theme tune for the Cricket World Cup. Yes, that’s cricket? Don’t you reme...
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Lucky Bones - Together We Are All Alone Album Review- Eamonn O’Connor steps out with his debut album after a lengthy time playing America and Europe including Ireland (his home). With the help from producer Stephen Ceresia, Lucky bon...
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The Wombats - Jump into the Fog Single Review- For a pop band The Wombats sure take their time. The teenage indie pop addict of the class of 2007 has surely, cut off their Reading festival bracelets and left the bright indie po...
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KAV - The Mr Nice (ft. Howard Marks) EP Review- With a biopic of the life and times of drug smuggler Howard Marks showing at the local picture house, could there be a better time to release a collaboration with the Welsh legend?...
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A Band Called Quinn - The Beggars Opera Album Review- Welcome back A Band Called Quinn for their second album in just over a year. With the gravitas of Ian Rankin in the sleeve notes and a well received UK tour the Scottish four-piece...
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Hans Zimmer - OST Inception Album Review- The film is looking to be one of the biggest movies of the year and surely has a place at next years Oscars. But will the score be worthy of a nomination?Hans Zimmer, over the last...
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Polka Party - Korean Cinema EP Review- Korean Cinema revels in the post-punk genre: spiky guitars, furious choruses. Gang of Four influences are obvious, so all great on paper, but do they live up to early expectations?...
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